Suggest an editImprove this articleRefine the answer for “What does database administration include?”. Your changes go to moderation before they’re published.Approval requiredContentWhat you’re changing🇺🇸EN🇺🇦UAPreviewTitle (EN)Short answer (EN)Database administration is **managing, configuring, and maintaining** a database system so it stays **reliable, fast, and secure**: it covers installing and configuring the DBMS, managing users, backups, monitoring and optimization, updates and maintenance, and enforcing security. **Key point:** the goal of administration is everything needed to keep the database **running stably, quickly, and safely**.Shown above the full answer for quick recall.Answer (EN)ImageDatabase administration is **managing, configuring, and maintaining** a database system so it stays **reliable, fast, and secure**. ### The main areas It usually covers several areas: 1. **Installing and configuring the DBMS.** Installing the database server (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server) and setting its runtime parameters. 2. **Creating and managing users.** Granting access rights and protecting against unauthorized use. 3. **Backup and recovery.** Setting up backups so data can be restored after a failure or mistake. 4. **Monitoring and optimization.** Tracking performance, finding "heavy" queries, tuning indexes. 5. **Updates and maintenance.** Installing DBMS updates, fixing bugs, controlling data volume and logs. 6. **Ensuring security.** Protecting passwords, encryption, auditing user actions. **Summary:** administration is everything needed to keep the database **running stably, quickly, and safely**.For the reviewerNote to the moderator (optional)Visible only to the moderator. Helps review go faster.